This week Stephen King includes The Walking Dead in a list of his 20 pop culture favorites, while TV Guide recognizes the difficult choice Rick had to make at the end of the Midseason Finale with regards to Sophia.

• The Walking Dead is one of Stephen King’s pop culture favorites, he writes in Entertainment Weekly: “No romantic zombies (good), and a terrifying premiere episode set in a traffic jam outside of Atlanta (better).” (No Link.)

• Entertainment Weekly toasts “The Casts of AMC” in its annual Entertainers of the Year issue and comedian Patton Oswalt writes of The Walking Dead, “The first season was terrific… This second season is stellar.” (No Link)